I mean the frustration is real, but the channels are what are accused of being engineered.
The don't vote and protest vote crowds are basically purpose built to make it as hard as possible for America to even slow itself down, let alone begin reversing course.
"I have serious objections to the major legacies of discrimination and failures to address poverty in this country! Let's take the exact actions that make it more likely for power to end up in the hands of the people who think the problem is we're not doing enough of that!"
That is the narrative people accuse Russia and China of spreading, and it's hardly a coincidence that this crescendos in exactly two times, 1) just before an election, and 2) just after a major consequence comes down as a result of the election that was meddled with.
For those that are curious, this is possible because the US has monetary sovereignty in a fiat currency. This means that the federal government is able to allocate literally trillions of dollars more than the annual budget without harming the economy in any way, because a vast majority of US debt (and deficit) is to the US federal government.
The US just passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill a few years ago for those schools and roads that are "falling apart" on top of the ~$125 billion spent annually on transportation and education at the federal level. States and local government pay another ~$700 billion per year for education and ~$350 billion per year on transportation.
And yet... Nothing happens... 🤷🏼♂️
There are 240 hostages being held by psychopaths.
Israel is engaged in ground operations to free those hostages because that's what they've been forced into doing by Hamas.
If there is some technology that Israel can deploy that will make them able to free the hostages while inflicting fewer civilian casualties, do you want them to have that?
They aren't going to leave those hostages in the underground lairs of Hamas. They are going in there with whatever capability is available to them. If the US doesn't supply military aid, they are still going in there to free the hostages. With the aid the operation may take less time and result in fewer civilian casualties.
So given that the IDF is going to free the hostages no matter what people on the internet scream about it, do you want that operation to inflict more civilian casualties without US aid or fewer civilian casualties with the US aid?
Would you rather more Palestinian civilians die just so you can make self-righteous statements on the internet condemning Israel for doing something they have been forced to do by Hamas?
It's funny because people now are way more depressed than during the literal constant wars in europe. Just a few years ago, we had nothing but small sporadic conflicts, yet people still screamed that we're all doomed. Makes you wonder doesn't it?
Remember, the difference between propaganda and information is does it serve US interests.
The only truly bipartisan topic in American Politics is that the Defense budget always goes up.
